Prolonged persistence of PCR-detectable virus during an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit in King County, Washington.

Background: We describe key characteristics, interventions, and outcomes of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak within an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit at the University of Washington Medical Center - Northwest.

Methods: After identifying 2 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection on March 11, 2020, we conducted an outbreak investigation and employed targeted interventions including: screening of patients and staff; isolation and cohorting of confirmed cases; serial testing; and enhanced infection prevention measures.

Results: We identified 10 patients and 7 staff members with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Evaluation of the National Sexually Transmitted Disease Curriculum: Reach, Utilization, and Engagement.

Background: With increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections in the United States, there is a critical need to educate health professionals on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. The National Sexually Transmitted Disease Curriculum (NSTDC, https://www.std.

Gastroenteritis in Men Who Have Sex With Men in Seattle, Washington, 2017-2018.

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk for sexual transmission of enteric pathogens. The microbiology of gastroenteritis in MSM has not been examined since the advent of antiretroviral therapy and molecular diagnostics. Our objective was to assess the causes of gastroenteritis among MSM living with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in Seattle, Washington.

Transplant tourism complicated by life-threatening New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 infection.

Transplant tourism, which is the practice of traveling to other countries for transplant, continues to be a major problem worldwide. We describe a patient who traveled to Pakistan and underwent commercial kidney transplant. He developed life-threatening infections from New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Enterobacter cloacae and Rhizopus oryzae, resulting in a necrotizing kidney allograft infection and subsequent external iliac artery rupture.